The general aim of the conference Inside Out is to take a close look at the theoretical propositions and critical art practices of artists, art collectives, researchers, and institutions from Central and South-Eastern Europe that focus on redefining the existing models of institutions, reframing their programs, and improving working conditions in art production. The participants will talk about the changing relations between artists and museums, galleries, and other public and private spaces (involved in producing, presenting, and collecting contemporary art) in our time of socio-political and economic shifts, and reflect on the need to pursue alternative cross-institutional or trans-institutional models of institutions, devise strategies for them, and redefine their roles.The questions the conference will broach are the following: How did artists and institutions engage in establishing new positions and critical discourses in the dominant art historical narratives? How did formal and artist-run institutions and other artists’ initiatives influence or even change one another in interaction during the transition from a centralized to a free market economy? What impact did artists and art projects have on formulating the demand for institutions’ accountability by calling for inside-out transformations?

AGENDA

Friday, 20 November 2015, 18:00
Location: City Art Gallery Ljubljana / MGML
Opening of the Conference with Luchezar Boyadjiev’s performance

Welcome: Alenka Gregorič and Suzana Milevska welcome the participants; introduce the exhibition, the conference, and the speakers

 TWO PRESENTATIONS AND A DISCUSSION

10:20 – 10:55     Zdenka Badovinac: A Critical Institution

11:45 – 13:15     Unravelling Memories / Reflecting on Counter-Narratives
A reflection on institutional policies in conceptualizing collections and exhibitions programs that entail potential re-evaluation of overlooked artistic practices and projects and, possibly, a different reading of history.Presenters: Vesna Pavlović, IRWIN (Borut Vogelnik), Ilona Németh, Dalibor Martinis, Luchezar Boyadjiev
Introduction and moderation of the discussion with the artists: Vít Havránek and Zoran Erić

13:15 – 14:30     Lunch break

TWO PRESENTATIONS AND A DISCUSSION

14:30 – 15:05    Dunja Blažević: Before and After – 2 Examples / SKC Beograd, SCCA Sarajevo

15:05 – 15:40    Gerald Raunig: Instituent Practices, Institutions of the Common, Monster Institutions

15:40 – 16:00     Coffee break

16:00 – 17:30     Imagining and Establishing Critical Artistic Discourses and Positions
Different critical artistic positions and initiatives questioning the systemic structures, the institutions’ accountability and the overall cultural policies depending on different political, economic and cultural contexts.

Presenters: Tadej Pogačar, Yane Calovski, Slaven Tolj, ArtLeaks
Introduction and moderation of the discussion with the artists: Raluca Voinea and Vladimir Vidmar

17:30 – 18:30     INSIDE OUTSIDE: Institutional Debate
A round table with the participants, moderated by Kaja Kraner and Tjasa Pogacar

Conference will be held in English.

The conference is supported by:

Participants:
– Zdenka Badovinac, director of the Moderna Galerija and Museum of Contemporary Art, Ljubljana
– Dunja Blažević, independent curator and art critic, Sarajevo/Belgrade
– Luchezar Boyadjiev, artist, Sofia
– Yane Calovski, artist, Skopje
– Iris Dressler, co-director of Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart
– Zoran Erić, chief curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
– Alenka Gregorič, artistic director of the City Art Gallery and CC Tobacco 001, Ljubljana
– Vít Havránek, director tranzit.cz, Prague
– IRWIN (Borut Vogelnik), artist group, Ljubljana
– International platform ArtLeaks – Vladan Jeremić, artist, Belgrade
– Dalibor Martinis, artist, Zagreb
– Suzana Milevska, art theorist and independent curator, Skopje
– Ilona Németh, artist, Budapest/Bratislava
– Vesna Pavlović, artist, Belgrade/Nashville
– Tadej Pogačar, artist and director of P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. Museum of Contemporary Art, Ljubljana
– Gerald Raunig, philosopher and art theorist, eipcp, Vienna/Zürich University of the Arts
– Šum, Journal, Ljubljana
– Slaven Tolj, artist and director of Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka
– Vladimir Vidmar, artistic director of Škuc gallery, Ljubljana
– Raluca Voinea, co- director tranzit.ro, Bucharest